Synergy: Working together with volunteers in community well woman clinics

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 489-496

  Merrell, Joy ^a   Williams, Anne ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative working; Health care volunteers; Nursing research; Professional boundaries; Synergy; Well woman clinics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATE MEDICINE; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0033176276     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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